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Tragedy Highlights Memorial Safety Responsibility

The recent tragic death of a 4-year-old boy in a Lancashire Cemetery has again highlighted concerns regarding memorial safety. It cannot be overstated that ultimately, the responsibility for ensuring a memorial does not pose a danger to the public lies with the grave...

Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Price Increases

In a move that has surprised us at Sarsfield Memorials, Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Department informed us recently that they are increasing their prices by 5% as of 3rd February 2025. This is against the usual practice of any rises coming into effect in April,...

Happy New Year From Sarsfield Memorials

As another year draws to a close, Sarsfield Memorials would like to thank all our customers for their support and wish you all the best for 2025. We are now entering our 78th year of operations. Sarsfield Memorials was founded by James Sarsfield (left) in 1947 and is...

Chinese Memorials

As the home of Europe's oldest Chinatown, it is unsurprising that the city cemeteries contain many Chinese memorials. These memorials have some interesting characteristics compared to British headstones, as demonstrated by an order we recently completed in Allerton...

Memorial Safety is Owners’ Responsibility

Earlier this month there was uproar in Glasgow, where the local authority had placed warning labels on unsafe memorials in the city's cemeteries. In some cases, the labels covered the name of the deceased. Whatever the ethics of this, it is a stark reminder that the...

SARSFIELD FOUGHT TO KEEP ANFIELD CEMETERY OPEN

Back in the late 1960s, Liverpool Council announced plans to stop selling new grave plots at Anfield Cemetery, the largest in the city. They never went ahead however, with Sarsfield Memorials being very vocal in their opposition to such a move. In November 1968 a...

Sarsfield Memorials Free Quotations Update

At Sarsfield Memorials we have always been happy to provide free no obligation quotations to anybody who makes an enquiry. Due to unprecedented rising fuel costs, we are now having to make some slight alterations to this process. However, in nearly all cases there...

Sarsfield Sponsoring Another Smile & Experience TLC Event

Last month Sarsfield Memorials were proud to sponsor an event at Mossley Hill Athletics Club hosted by Smile & Experience TLC. It was a huge success and we are delighted to be sponsoring another one there on 6th April 2022. Smile & Experience TLC provide...

Sarsfield Sponsoring Happiness & Wellbeing Concert

As part of our 75th anniversary commemorations, Sarsfield Memorials is giving something back to the customers throughout the year. One way we are doing this is by sponsoring some events. The first of these will be a Happiness & Wellbeing Concert that takes place...

1947 – When It All Began For Sarsfield Memorials

This year Sarsfield Memorials commemorates 75 years of providing memorials to our customers in the Merseyside area. We will be marking this milestone with a number of offers throughout the year and also sponsorship of events. Offers and events will be announced in the...

A New Year Message For Our Customers

As 2021 draws to a close, Sarsfield Memorials would like to thank all our customers for the continued support during the year which has been another challenging one. The ongoing issues with Covid have obviously continued to affect the way we work, with many customer...

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